Archive of films Parasite / Gisaengchung

South Korea
2019, 132 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2019

The four-member Kim family lives in a small, run-down flat and is constantly struggling with money. Recommended by a friend, son Ki-Woo gets a chance to work for the rich Park family, and he starts putting together a grand plan… Bong’s masterful genre interplay, with its strong social message, unpredictable narrative, and skillfully paced, darkly comic scenes, deservedly earned the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes IFF.

Synopsis

The four-member Kim family lives in a small, run-down flat and is constantly struggling with money. Recommended by a friend, son Ki-Woo gets a chance to work at a luxurious villa as a tutor for the daughter of the rich Park family, and he starts putting together a grand plan… After two years, Korean director Bong Joon-ho returned to the competition at Cannes with a film that he called “a comedy without clowns, a tragedy without villains.” Bong’s masterful genre interplay, with its strong social message, unpredictable narrative, and skillfully paced, darkly comic scenes, deservedly earned the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes IFF.

Lenka Tyrpáková

About the director

Bong Joon-ho (b.1969, Daegu, South Korea) Filmography: Barking Dogs Never Bite (Peullandaseuui gae, 2000), Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok, 2003), The Host (Goimoo, 2006), “Shaking Tokyo" (2008, segment from Tokyo!), Mother (Madeo, 2009), Snowpiercer (Seolgug yeolcha, 2013), Okja (2017), Parasite (Gisaengchung, 2019)

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Horizons

Director:	Bong Joon-ho
Screenplay:	Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won
Dir. of Photography:	Hong Kyung-pyo
Music:	Jaeil Jung
Editor:	Yang Jinmo
Art Director:	Lee Ha-jun
Producer:	Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae, Jang Young-wan
Production:	CJ Entertainment Inc.
Coproduction:	Barunson E&A Corp
Cast:	Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun, Chang Hyae-jin
Sales:	CJ Entertainment Inc.
Distributor:	Aerofilms

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